List of international cricket centuries at the Melbourne Cricket Ground explained

The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG) is an Australian sports stadium located in Melbourne. It was established in 1854 and has a capacity of approximately 100,000.^[1] The MCG was the scene of the first ever Test match, which was played in 1877 between Australia and England.^[2] The ground also hosted the first One Day International (ODI), which took place in 1971 between Australia and England.^[3]

Charles Bannerman became the first Test centurion at the ground when he made 165 not out against England in 1877. Another Australian, Bob Cowper, holds the record for the highest individual Test score at the ground, Cowper made 307 against England in 1966. The highest individual score made by an overseas player is 244 not out, scored by Englishman Alastair Cook in 2017. Don Bradman has scored the most Test centuries at the ground with 9, while the most by an overseas player is 5, scored by Jack Hobbs.^[4]

The first ODI century scored at the MCG was in 1979 by the Englishman David Gower. His innings of 101 not out came from 100 balls. Englishman Jason Roy holds the record for the highest individual ODI score at the ground, with 180 from 151 balls, against Australia on 14 January 2018. Ricky Ponting has scored the most ODI centuries at the ground with 7.^[5]

Key

• * denotes that the batsman was not out.
• Inns. denotes the number of the innings in the match.
• Balls denotes the number of balls faced in an innings.
• NR denotes that the number of balls was not recorded.
• Parentheses next to the player's score denotes his century number at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
• The column title Date refers to the date the match started.
• The column title Result refers to whether the player's team won,^{[6] [7]} lost^{[8] [9]} or if the match was drawn.^[10]

List of centuries

Test centuries

The following table summarises the Test centuries scored at the MCG.

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	165*			NR	1			Won
2	124			NR	2			Drawn
3	149			NR	1			Drawn
4	121			NR	1			Won
5	105*			NR	2			Won
6	173			NR	3			Won
7	120			NR	2			Won
8	140			NR	4			Won
9	112			NR	1			Won
10	188	(1/2)		NR	1			Won
11	104			NR	3			Won
12	126			NR	2			Won
13	133*	(1/3)		NR	3			Won
14	204			320	2			Lost
15	159			158	3			Won
16	132	(2/3)		196	3			Won
17	100	(2/2)		98	3			Won
18	114			243	2			Won
19	126*	(1/5)		206	4			Won
20	178	(2/5)		296	2			Won
21	179			405	2			Won
22	116			186	1			Won
23	100			115	1			Won
24	122	(3/5)		218	2			Lost
25	117			260	1			Lost
26	123*	(3/3)		210	2			Won
27	128			233	1			Won
28	138			217	1			Won
29	154	(4/5)		340	2			Lost
30	176	(1/4)		481	2			Lost
31	127	(2/4)		390	4			Lost
32	143	(3/4)		339	1			Won
33	100			255	1			Lost
34	112			219	1			Lost
35	200			472	2			Won
36	107	(1/3)		309	3			Lost
37	112	(1/9)		281	3			Lost
38	135	(4/4)		462	4			Won
39	142	(5/5)		301	1			Lost
40	137	(1/2)		330	1			Lost
41	102	(2/3)		381	2			Won
42	123	(2/9)		247	2			Won
43	152	(3/9)		NR	2			Won
44	111			NR	2			Lost
45	161	(3/3)		NR	3			Won
46	167	(4/9)		NR	3			Won
47	103*	(5/9)		146	3			Won
48	136			428	3			Won
49	270	(6/9)		375	3			Won
50	111*	(2/2)		212	4			Lost
51	169	(7/9)		191	1			Won
52	112			155	1			Won
53	118			223	1			Won
54	104*			174	1			Drawn
55	155	(1/2)		317	3			Drawn
56	100			90	3			Drawn
57	112			299	4			Drawn
58	132	(8/9)		204	1			Won
59	116	(1/2)		187	2			Lost
60	100*	(2/2)		210	3			Won
61	127*	(9/9)		169	3			Won
62	153	(1/3)		251	1			Won
63	111	(2/2)		309	2			Lost
64	156*			NR	2			Won
65	108			NR	1			Lost
66	102			NR	4			Won
67	162*			NR	3			Won
68	205	(2/3)		NR	1			Lost
69	102	(1/3)		NR	1			Won
70	113			298	1			Lost
71	167	(3/3)		325	2			Won
72	133			249	2			Won
73	110			249	3			Lost
74	113	(2/3)		231	2			Won
75	103			274	3			Lost
76	113			218	4			Won
77	109			252	1			Lost
78	157	(1/4)		255	2			Won
79	104			195	1			Drawn
80	109			286	2			Drawn
81	104	(3/3)		187	2			Drawn
82	120			193	3			Drawn
83	115	(1/2)		296	3			Drawn
84	115			153	1			Drawn
85	108	(2/4)		256	2			Drawn
86	307			589	2			Drawn
87	109			186	2			Won
88	100	(3/4)		148	2			Won
89	151	(1/3)		224	2			Won
90	205	(4/4)		416	2			Won
91	165	(2/3)		320	2			Won
92	111	(3/3)		212	1			Drawn
93	109			280	2			Drawn
94	117			294	2			Drawn
95	135	(1/3)		204	1			Won
96	116*	(1/4)		204	1			Won
97	137	(1/2)		261	2			Lost
98	158	(1/2)		276	2			Lost
99	127			207	3			Won
100	142			207	3			Won
101	122			192	1			Won
102	188			448	2			Won
103	146			424	2			Won
104	102	(2/4)		177	3			Lost
105	102	(2/3)		258	2			Won
106	109	(1/2)		186	2			Won
107	102			121	3			Lost
108	101	(3/3)		230	1			Won
109	109*	(1/2)		267	3			Won
110	121	(3/4)		186	1			Won
111	168	(2/2)		206	1			Won
112	105	(2/2)		262	2			Lost
113	105	(2/2)		178	3			Won
114	110*			173	3			Won
115	174			353	4			Lost
116	118			285	3			Won
117	100	(1/2)		283	1			Won
118	108	(2/2)		157	3			Won
119	105	(1/4)		275	4			Lost
120	114	(4/4)		212	2			Won
121	119*			213	3			Lost
122	107	(2/2)		206	1			Drawn
123	114			222	1			Won
124	124	(2/4)		265	2			Lost
125	100	(2/2)		305	2			Lost
126	100*			200	1			Won
127	152			239	1			Drawn
128	268			517	2			Drawn
129	208			376	1			Drawn
130	113			272	4			Drawn
131	100*			152	1			Drawn
132	163	(3/4)		358	3			Drawn
133	112			255	2			Won
134	122			287	3			Won
135	101	(1/2)		240	3			Won
136	121			331	4			Lost
137	100			170	1			Lost
138	112			234	1			Won
139	110	(4/4)		274	1			Won
140	110			178	4			Lost
141	170	(2/2)		349	1			Drawn
142	131	(1/2)		277	3			Won
143	110	(2/2)		312	1			Won
144	131*	(1/3)		252	1			Won
145	143			274	3			Lost
146	105	(1/4)		208	1			Drawn
147	101			279	4			Drawn
148	107			160	1			Won
149	122*	(2/3)		198	2			Lost
150	116			191	2			Lost
151	121*	(3/3)		237	1			Won
152	138	(1/6)		211	2			Won
153	250			407	1			Won
154	102	(2/6)		149	1			Won
155	145			218	3			Lost
156	195			233	1			Lost
157	136	(3/6)		173	2			Won
158	257	(2/4)		458	2			Won
159	111			134	1			Lost
160	142			245	2			Won
161	117	(3/4)		198	1			Won
162	122			203	1			Won
163	137	(4/6)		242	3			Won
164	153	(5/6)		265	2			Won
165	156			220	2			Won
166	124	(6/6)		183	1			Won
167	101	(4/4)		126	1			Lost
168	166			340	2			Won
169	120*			220	3			Won
170	168*			345	2			Won
171	106			187	2			Won
172	116			155	4			Won
173	192	(1/4)		305	1			Drawn
174	147	(1/2)		171	2			Drawn
175	169			272	2			Drawn
176	128			230	1			Won
177	144			227	1			Won
178	134*	(2/4)		177	1			Won
179	106*			166	1			Won
180	205*			364	1			Lost
181	144	(1/3)		143	2			Won
182	165*	(3/4)		246	2			Won
183	103	(2/3)		151	1			Drawn
184	244*			409	2			Drawn
185	102*	(4/4)		275	3			Drawn
186	106			319	1			Won
187	114			234	1			Won
188	121			210	4			Lost
189	112	(2/2)		223	2			Won
190	200	(3/3)		254	2			Won
191	111			149	2			Won

One Day International centuries

The following table summarises the One Day International centuries scored at the MCG.

No.	Score	Player	Team	Balls	Inns.	Opposing team	Date	Result
1	101*	(1/2)		100	1			Lost
2	153*	(1/2)		130	1			Won
3	102*			141	2			Lost
4	103			161	1			Won
5	122	(2/2)		134	2			Lost
6	117			130	1			Won
7	106	(2/2)		95	1			Won
8	123*			130	2			Won
9	125*			121	1			Won
10	102*			158	1			Lost
11	100			147	1			Won
12	112*			137	1			Won
13	123	(1/7)		138	1			Lost
14	102*			115	1			Lost
15	100	(2/7)		114	1			Lost
16	116*			122	2			Won
17	154	(1/2)		129	1			Won
18	115	(3/7)		121	1			Won
19	100			127	2			Lost
20	173			148	1			Won
21	102*			95	2			Won
22	124	(2/2)		104	1			Won
23	119	(4/7)		123	1			Won
24	106*	(5/7)		97	2			Won
25	115	(6/7)		102	1			Won
26	104	(7/7)		113	2			Won
27	120*			133	2			Won
28	161*			150	2			Won
29	112			129	1			Won
30	112*			106	1			Won
31	100			121	2			Lost
32	121	(1/3)		128	2			Won
33	104			112	2			Won
34	138	(1/2)		139	1			Lost
35	135	(2/3)		128	1			Won
36	137			146	1			Won
37	161*			146	1			Won
38	105*			76	1			Won
39	137	(2/2)		126	1			Won
40	117			117	1			Lost
41	156	(1/2)		128	1			Won
42	107	(3/3)		119	1			Lost
43	180			151	2			Won
44	152			130	1			Won
45	106	(2/2)		102	1			Won

Notes and References

1. Web site: Melbourne Cricket Ground – Cricinfo profile . ESPN. ESPNcricinfo. 10 May 2010.
2. Web site: Statistics / Statsguru / Test matches / Aggregate/overall records . ESPN. ESPNcricinfo. 10 May 2010.
3. Web site: Statistics / Statsguru / One-Day Internationals / Aggregate/overall records . ESPN. ESPNcricinfo. 10 May 2010.
4. Web site: Statsguru: Test matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list. ESPN. ESPNcricinfo. 10 May 2010.
5. Web site: Statsguru: One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Innings by innings list. ESPN. ESPNcricinfo. 10 May 2010.
6. Web site: Statsguru: Test matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Won. ESPN. ESPNcricinfo. 24 August 2011.
7. Web site: Statsguru: One Day International matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Won. ESPN. ESPNcricinfo. 24 August 2011.
8. Web site: Statsguru: Test matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Lost. ESPN. ESPNcricinfo. 24 August 2011.
9. Web site: Statsguru: One Day International matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Lost. ESPN. ESPNcricinfo. 24 August 2011.
10. Web site: Statsguru: Test matches / Batting records / Innings by innings list / Match result : Drawn. ESPN. ESPNcricinfo. 24 August 2011.